Relationships between hand and foot preferences

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-185

  Barut, Cagatay ^a   Ozer, Cenk Murat ^a   Sevinc, Ozdemir ^b   Gumus, Mustafa ^a   Yunten, Zafer ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Foot preference; Hand preference; Laterality; Men; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33846950416     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450600582033     Document Type: Article

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